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ADDRESSES: The event will take place at 

the U.S.C. Annenberg Center on 

Communication Leadership and Policy, 

University of Southern California, 1771 

N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036. 

To register for the event, please go to 

https://iipstate.my.site.com/

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Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request reasonable accommodation, 

please email ACPD Program Assistant 

Kristy Zamary at ZamaryKK@state.gov; 

phone at 202–351–9284. Please send 

any request for reasonable 

accommodation no later than Tuesday, 

November 28, 2023. Requests received 

after that date will be considered but 

might not be possible to fulfill. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 

1948, the ACPD has been charged with 

appraising activities intended to 

understand, inform, and influence 

foreign publics and to increase the 

understanding of, and support for, these 

same activities. The ACPD conducts 

research that provides honest 

assessments of public diplomacy efforts, 

and disseminates findings through 

reports, white papers, and other 

publications. It also holds public 

symposiums that generate informed 

discussions on public diplomacy issues 

and events. The Commission reports to 

the President, Secretary of State, and 

Congress and is supported by the Office 

of the Under Secretary of State for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. 

For more information on the U.S. 

Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy, please visit https://

www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/undersecretary-for-public-diplomacy-andpublic-affairs/united-states-advisorycommission-on-public-diplomacy, or 

contact Executive Director Vivian S. 

Walker at WalkerVScommat;state.gov or 

Senior Advisor Jeff Ridenour at 

RidenourJM@state.gov. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 22 U.S.C. 1469, 

5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., and 41 CFR 102–3.150) 

Jeffrey M. Ridenour, 

Senior Advisor, U.S. Advisory Commission 

on Public Diplomacy, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket: FAA–2023–2249] 

Notice of Availability; Adoption of the 

United States Air Force’s Final 

Environmental Impact Statement— 

Airspace Optimization for Readiness at 

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 

and the Record of Decision for Federal 

Aviation Administration Actions 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) for 

the adoption of the United States Air 

Force (USAF) final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS) and FAA’s 

record of decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces its 

decision to adopt the USAF FEIS— 

Airspace Optimization for Readiness at 

Mountain Home Air Force Base 

(MHAFB), Mountain Home, Idaho. 

Based on its independent review and 

evaluation of the FEIS and supporting 

documents, the FAA is adopting the 

FEIS and issuing a ROD for the 

modification of special use airspace 

(SUA) at the Mountain Home Range 

Complex (MHRC). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lonnie Covalt, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 2200 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone (206) 231–3998. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

As described in the FEIS, the 

Proposed Action consists of USAF 

military flight training operations at low 

altitudes in the Paradise North Military 

Operations Area (MOA), Paradise South 

MOA, Owyhee South MOA, and 

Jarbidge South MOA. USAF would 

conduct supersonic operations at lower 

altitudes within the same four MOAs. 

To accommodate the Proposed Action, 

the FAA would modify SUA to ensure 

safe operations continue within the 

National Airspace System and allow for 

optimized airspace at the MHRC. 

The MHRC and the SUA associated 

with MHAFB provide airspace for 

combat air power and combat support 

training to U.S. forces—and its allies— 

and support unit-level and larger force 

combat skills training. In addition, 

mission activities such as search and 

rescue training, survival training, 

convoy escort training, and groundbased air defense radio detection and 

ranging (radar) threat simulation occur 

on the land areas of the MHRC. The 

airspace and ranges primarily support 

Idaho-based units from MHAFB Air 

National Guard units from Gowen Field 

in Boise, Idaho, in addition to other 

USAF and Department of Defense 

(DoD)-approved users. The MHRC SUA 

consists of six MOAs and two Restricted 

Areas (RA) with associated ranges for 

inert weapons use. The airspace overlies 

portions of Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. 

The Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) underwent a 109-day 

public comment period from July 9, 

2021, to October 25, 2021, and there 

were 2,894 comment letters (not 

including duplicate submittals) 

submitted during the public comment 

period via mail, email, written at public 

hearings, verbal at public hearings, and 

the public website. A summary of the 

DEIS public involvement, agency 

coordination, and tribal consultation is 

contained in the FEIS. The FAA 

circularized the aeronautical proposal. 

The FEIS was made available to the 

public for 30 days on March 3, 2023, 

through a NOA in the Federal Register 

(88 FR 13443). The USAF issued their 

ROD on July 14, 2023, and a NOA of 

USAF’s ROD was published in the 

Federal Register on August 2, 2023 (88 

FR 50849). 

Implementation 

After evaluating the aeronautical 

study and the FEIS, the FAA has issued 

a ROD for the requested SUA. The 

Proposed Action consists of changes to 

lower the altitude of the floors within 

the MHAFB Military Operations Areas 

(MOA) of Paradise North MOA, Paradise 

South MOA, Owyhee South MOA, and 

Jarbidge South MOA. The designated 

altitudes are at 100 feet (ft) above 

ground level (AGL) up to 17,999 ft mean 

sea level (MSL). The times of use are 

between 0730–2200 mountain time, 

Monday through Friday; other times by 

Notice of Air Missions (NOTAM) 

expected use is estimated to be 260 days 

per year, 12 hours per day. The legal 

descriptions for the modified MOAs 

will be published in the National Flight 

Data Digest. 

In accordance with Section 102 of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and other 

applicable authorities (including FAA 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, paragraph 8–2, 

and FAA Order JO 7400.2P, Procedures 

for Handling Airspace Matters, 

paragraph 32–2–3), the FAA has 

conducted an independent review and 

evaluation of the USAF FEIS. As a 

cooperating agency with responsibility 

for approving SUA under 49 U.S.C. 


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40103(b)(3)(A), the FAA provided 

subject matter expertise and coordinated 

with the USAF during the 

environmental review process. 

The FAA signed the ROD on 

[November 17, 2023]. The ROD is 

available on the FAA website at: https:// 

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/environmental_

issues. 

Issued in Des Moines, WA, on November 

17, 2023. 

Lonnie Covalt, 

Lead Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Operations Support Group, Western Service 

Center. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25978 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0049] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Reinstatement of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval of a new (periodic) 

information collection. We published a 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

public comment period on this 

information collection on May 26, 2023. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0049 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Corder, 202–366–5853, Office of 

Real Estate Services, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: State Right-of-Way Operations 

Manuals. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0586. 

Background: It is the responsibility of 

each State Department of Transportation 

(State) to acquire, manage and dispose 

of real property in compliance with the 

legal requirements of State and Federal 

laws and regulations. Part of providing 

assurance of compliance is to describe 

in a right-of-way procedural (operations) 

manual the organization, policies, and 

procedures of the State to such an extent 

that these guide State employees, local 

acquiring agencies, and contractors who 

acquire and manage real property that is 

used for a federally funded 

transportation project. Procedural 

manuals assure the FHWA that the 

requirements of the Uniform Relocation 

Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act) 

(implementing regulation 49 CFR 24) 

will be met; as well as Federal laws 

under Title 23 U.S.C. (implementing 

regulation 23 CFR 710) will be met. The 

State responsibility to prepare and 

maintain an up-to-date, right-of-way 

procedural manual is set out in 23 CFR 

710.201(c). In addition to the scheduled 

manual updates, lengthy, in-depth 

updates of each manual will be required 

due to the amending of 49 CFR 24 

regulations as prompted by the 

enactment of the Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– 

21). States are required to update 

manuals to reflect changes in Federal 

requirements for programs administered 

under Title 23 U.S.C (23 CFR 

regulations) and Title 42 U.S.C. (49 CFR 

24 regulations). The regulation allows 

States flexibility in determining how to 

meet the manual requirement. This 

flexibility allows States to prepare 

manuals in the format of their choosing, 

to the level of detail necessitated by 

State complexities. Each State decides 

how it will provide service to 

individuals and businesses affected by 

Federal or federally assisted projects, 

while at the same time reducing the 

burden of government regulation. The 

updated State manuals may be 

submitted to FHWA electronically or 

made available by posting on the State 

website. This collection is in line with 

DOT’s strategic goal of organizational 

excellence. 

Respondents: Required update of 

manual—52 State Departments of 

Transportation, including the District of 

Columbia and Puerto Rico (52 

respondents). 

23 CFR 710 regulatory revisions—52 

State Departments of Transportation, 

including District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico (52 respondents). 

49 CFR 24 regulatory revisions—167 

grantees (respondents) will have 

manuals that need to be updated. 

Frequency: Regular update of 

manual—Annual basis and certify every 

5 years. 

23 CFR 710 regulatory revisions—a 

one-time collection. 

49 CFR 24 regulatory revisions—a 

one-time collection. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Regular update of manual— 

15 hours. 

23 CFR 710 regulatory revisions—225 

hours. 

49 CFR 24 regulatory revisions—225 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 

Regular update of manual: 52 

respondents × 15 hours = 780 burden 

hours. 

23 CFR 710 regulatory revisions: 52 

respondents × 225 hours = 11,700 

burden hours. 

49 CFR 24 regulatory revisions: 167 

respondents × 225 hours = 37,575 

burden hours. 

Total: 780 hrs. + 11,700 hrs. + 37,575 

hrs. = 50,055 total burden hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: November 20, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25930 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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